LOL. True stuff. I lived in SF Bay area for almost 4 years back in the late 90s. Two examples of crazy:
During a rare thunderstorm (WITH lighting) in the Bay area, hundreds of people parked at a small college at the top of a hill near Redwood City to watch the lightning. I admit it was a sight to see as you could watch the lightning and storm across the bay. But we stayed inside the truck. Other people were standing on vans and standing in the backs of pickup trucks, One lady holding a lightning rod I mean umbrella.
On another occasion, I was heading home from San Jose (toward Redwood City). It started to hail. They were little hailstones but anyone from the middle of the country knows how they sound banging on your car. As I drove I watched people drive nice cars off the road and into ditches seeking cover under trees and/or sound walls. They were like sheep following one another into the mud where they were getting stuck with their flashers on. I think there was a "tornado" sighting in that instance. OMG! You should have seen the news that night.
It reminds me of a "Snow Storm" we once had while living in Austin, TX. The dusting of snow did accumulate for a time on the pavement (not quite an inch). The city was shutdown for a couple days. To be fair, there were some icy spots and they don't have road salt there. LOL.
I spent two years there in the 70s. Was driving down the Nimitz freeway one day at 70mph in the fog! I couldn't see fifty feet and those nuts just barreled along like nobody's business. You couldn't go 65mph, you'd get run over. Scared the bejeebers out of me! They're wacko alright.